Health Cover Is An Abstract Concept
June 3rd 2008 01:29
Hands up who's got health cover. Look at that, no one. Why don't we have health cover? It's costly and we don't see the point. Petrol prices are obscenely high and interest rates are on hold... for now. The cost of living is ever-growing and you're dollar seems to be worth less and less every time you visit the local grocery store.
Now there are things that we need like transport, shelter, nutrition and they don't come cheap. Us youngens that aren't CEOs or self-made millionaire (yet) need budgets and limits and spreadsheets to be able to cover all these essentials. It's expensive enough to cover all these costs as it is, and at the end of the day we don't want to be piling on costs that aren't absolutely necessary right then and there or in the near future.
I however, am in the minority; that it to say, I have health cover. So you'd think that when I found out I needed all four wisdom teeth removed, I'd have left secure knowing I wasn't going to cough up all that money. Oh how wrong I was. You see, due to some bureaucratic hoo-ha, I'm not actually entitled to anything. So never mind that it's my money which I've put into a health fund, I still can't access it. Oh the joy!
Why don't you have health cover? Because you'll probably never need it and even if you do, you may not be entitled to it. yes it may be a gamble, but signing up with a health fund provides no guarantees either so I suggest opening a savings account or hiding some money under your mattress- at least that way you can access it when required.
Now there are things that we need like transport, shelter, nutrition and they don't come cheap. Us youngens that aren't CEOs or self-made millionaire (yet) need budgets and limits and spreadsheets to be able to cover all these essentials. It's expensive enough to cover all these costs as it is, and at the end of the day we don't want to be piling on costs that aren't absolutely necessary right then and there or in the near future.
I however, am in the minority; that it to say, I have health cover. So you'd think that when I found out I needed all four wisdom teeth removed, I'd have left secure knowing I wasn't going to cough up all that money. Oh how wrong I was. You see, due to some bureaucratic hoo-ha, I'm not actually entitled to anything. So never mind that it's my money which I've put into a health fund, I still can't access it. Oh the joy!
Why don't you have health cover? Because you'll probably never need it and even if you do, you may not be entitled to it. yes it may be a gamble, but signing up with a health fund provides no guarantees either so I suggest opening a savings account or hiding some money under your mattress- at least that way you can access it when required.
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